Beef Free Greek Herb Marinade
Bright, herby, and punchy with garlic, this Mediterranean-style marinade is the kind of thing you'll want to keep on rotation in your fridge all season long. Extra-virgin olive oil forms the silky base, while fresh lemon juice and apple cider vinegar bring just the right amount of tang to wake everything up. Dried oregano, thyme, and a touch of cumin layer in that unmistakably Greek warmth, and a handful of fresh parsley rounds it all out with a little color and freshness. Every single ingredient here is plant-based and naturally free from any meat products, so there's zero guesswork about what's going into your food. It comes together in one bowl with nothing more than a whisk, which makes it genuinely one of the easiest flavor upgrades you can make on a weeknight. Drizzle it over vegetables, use it to marinate chicken or lamb, toss it with chickpeas, or spoon it over roasted potatoes — the possibilities are wide open. Make a batch, stash it in a jar, and you've got bold, homemade flavor ready to go for days.
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4 servings
- ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 3 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1 ½ tsp dried oregano
- ½ tsp dried thyme
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the olive oil, lemon juice, and apple cider vinegar in a small bowl and whisk until the mixture looks slightly emulsified and uniform.
- 2
Add the garlic, dried oregano, dried thyme, ground cumin, salt, and black pepper. Whisk again until all the spices are evenly distributed throughout the oil mixture.
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